A top-rated featherweight boxer in the late 1930s, Perrin never received a title shot and finished his career with a 54-8-7 mark.

Defeated Joey Archibald, the featherweight champion of the world, on Feb. 26, 1940 at New Orleans Municipal Auditorium in a non-title bout.

Competed in boxing for St. Aloysius High School and won the 1932 Southern Amateur Athletic Association championship to qualify for the national championships. However, he lost in the flyweight finals of the national championships to miss out on becoming an Olympian.